Trading and investor account style
Explains why some accounts are shown as active trading and others as investment portfolios.
What it is. PnL Plus has two presentation styles for Exante/IBKR investment accounts: trading and investor. MT4/MT5 accounts are always treated as trading accounts, because their data model is built around trades, equity, and floating P&L. For Exante/IBKR, the dashboard reads the account style and changes the analytics to match the activity type.
Why it matters. A scalper or futures trader usually needs Win rate, Profit factor, trade expectancy, and edge decay. An investor in stocks, bonds, and funds usually needs net result, portfolio volatility, 12-month return, and the effect of dividends or coupons. One KPI set cannot answer both questions well.
How it works. In IB Flex the style is inferred from trade composition: if non-investment asset categories are the majority by trade count, the account is treated as trading; stocks, bonds, and funds push it toward investor style. The dashboard then uses that style: trading style shows Win rate and Profit factor, Monte Carlo reshuffles trades, and Rolling looks at expectancy; investor style shows net result and monthly volatility, Monte Carlo uses monthly or daily TWR returns with dividends already reflected in NAV, and Rolling shows 12M rolling return. This is a history-based heuristic, not a legal account classification.
How we compute it
For IB Flex, trading style is enabled when trades outside STK/BOND/FUND are at least half of all trades. For MT4/MT5, the dashboard always enables trading KPIs because the account is MT4/MT5, not an Exante/IBKR investment account.